Derek Rae was born on 9 April 1967 and is a Scottish association football commentator and presenter.
19 Facts About Derek Rae
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Derek Rae remained with the BBC as its Scotland football correspondent, regularly commentating on Scottish Premier League and Scotland matches, a job he held for five years.
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Derek Rae was the 1987 British Sports Broadcaster of the Year.
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Derek Rae moved to the United States in anticipation of the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
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Derek Rae met his wife Beth Powers while working on World Cup preparations and the two would later settle in Beverly, Massachusetts.
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Derek Rae called Major League Soccer games for the New England Revolution from 1996 to 1999 and again in 2001, for the MetroStars in 2000 and the Los Angeles Galaxy in 1996.
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Derek Rae writes a column called "Rae's Say" for ESPNsoccernet.
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Derek Rae is fluent in German and dabbles in several other languages.
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Derek Rae has been known to call consulates to confirm that he has the correct pronunciation of a player's name.
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In July 2013, Derek Rae was confirmed as one of the lead voices on the new BT Sport channels.
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Derek Rae commentated every week on the SPFL as well as the Europa League, Bundesliga, and Ligue 1.
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Derek Rae served as a match commentator for ESPN USA's coverage of the UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland-Ukraine, the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and UEFA Euro 2016 in France.
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Derek Rae calls selected Premier League matches and has been a studio host for NBCSN.
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Derek Rae will be calling Rugby Six nations games for them in 2018, having announced it on his Twitter feed on 29 January.
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In 2018, Derek Rae became a commentator alongside Lee Dixon for FIFA 19's UEFA club tournament part of the game which can be found in Kick Off, tournaments and Career mode.
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Derek Rae worked as a commentator for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2022 FIFA World Cup for Fox Sports in the US, pairing with lead women's color commentator Aly Wagner.
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Derek Rae forged an on-air partnership in France with former US women's national team defender Danielle Slaton during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup again on Fox Sports.
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Derek Rae worked as one of the many commentators for Amazon Prime Video's UK Premier League coverage working alongside Sue Smith.
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In 2020, Derek Rae was named as ESPN's lead Bundesliga commentator as well as a contributor to ESPN FC, a columnist on ESPN.